CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN USE Sample Clauses

CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN USE. Ever since the early 1600s when the French explorer Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx xx Xx Xxxxx, successfully reached the mouth of the Mississippi River, the Mississippi River Delta has become widely known as an area with abundant natural resources. A variety of cultures have existed in this region, including Native American, Spanish, French, British, Acadian (Cajun), Creole, and African. The Mosquito Bay area is relatively undeveloped and human use is limited to recreational fishing and hunting, commercial fishing, oil and gas exploration, and industrial activities. This area has been used historically for commercial and recreational crabbing, trapping, hunting, and fishing, and for wildlife viewing. Ecotourism has been increasingly important to the Terrebonne Parish economy. The Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area (WMA), and LDWF-operated WMA that provides a wide variety of recreation activities, was not affected by the incident. It is across open water about 15 miles northwest of the discharge.